Time-stamp



(No Model.)

C. H. SHAW. TIME STAMP.

No. 412,902. Patented oct. 15, 1889.

LON 00N bC PARIS Wnesses UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. SHAV, OF BROOKLYN, NEV YORK.

lTIME-STAM P.

SPECIFICATION forming ptrt 0f Letters Patent NO. 412,902, dated October 15, 1889.

Application filed February 24, 1888. Serial No. 265,213. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. SHAW, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Time-Stamps, of which the following is a specification.

My improvement relates to that class of hand-stamps whereby not only the date but the time of day is recordedv on the paper or document stamped.

I will describe a time-stamp embodying my improvement in detail, and then point out the novel features in claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side view of portions of a stamp embodying my improvement, a case in which the same is partly inclosed, and a' support for the stamp, shown partly in section. Fig. 2 is a similar view, except that the support forA the stamp is not shown in section, and looking at the same from the other side. Fig. 3 is a plan or top view of the stamp and its support with the case removed. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the stamp with the case removed and without the support. Fig. 5 is a bottom view of the same. Fig. 6 illustrates an impression which may be made with the stamp.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

A designates an endless band or ribbon.

This ribbon may be made of india-rubber,

metal, or other suitable material. Upon one side of itare shown raised letters, figures, and marks indicating divisions ofthe time of day* as, forinstance, M., A. M., and-P. M., indicating divisions relative to the meridian, the figures l to l2, inclusive, indicating divisions according to the hours, and marks and figures between said hounflgures indicating divisions according to minutes. I have shown the iigure 30 between the iigures designating the hours to indicate half-hours. The marks between the hour-ligures indicate periods of live minutes each. The arrangement of marks and figures shown is convenient; but I do not wish to be limited to such arrangement.

The band A is constantly movin g,movement being imparted to it by time mechanism, here shown as a clock.

B designates the clock. It may be of any suitable kind. As it does not form part of my invention, I will. not describe its construe y tion. The clock Ihave shownhas a circular case and is partly contained within an aperture formed in an upright part a of a portion A', forming a base-piece for the stamp. On the hour-hand shaft of the clock is rigidly mounted a wheel A2. This wheel makes one complete rotation every twelve hours. The periphery of this wheel is shown as grooved. The band A passes about the wheel within said groove. Said band also passes about pulleys h b b2. The pulley I) is mounted upon astud b3, extending from the upright part a on the base-piece. The pulleys b b2 are mounted `upon shafts b4 h5, journaled in suitable bearings in the base-piece. The pulleys b h2 are shown as in the same plane and as occupying such position that the band A in passing about them will be caused to pass beneath the basepiece A. By this construction the band A has an extended printing portion between the pulleys b b2, so that two or more hours of the day and fractions thereof may be printed, the pointer c indicating the correct time, as plainly shown in Fig. 3. The bandA is caused to move by frictional contact with the wheel A2. As shown, it has a substantially continuous motion, and is of such length that it makes one complete movement about the wheel A2 and pulleys b b b2 every twenty-four hours. The letters, iigures, and marks on the band are therefore such in this example of my improvement as to indicate divisions of time for the twentyfour hours of the day. A convenient means of doing this I have shown in Fig. 5, namely: beneath each figure indicating the hour appear the letters A. M., M., or I). M., indicating the time relatively to noon or the meridian. The band A in passing beneath the portion A of the frame travels adjacent to a plate B', which plate is made of rubber or other suitable material, and, if desirable, bears raised' letters or other marks. I have shown itbearing letters in Fig. 5. This plate is secured to the under side of the base-piece A of the frame and is provided with an aperture through which extend portions of a support or stamp bearing the year, the m onth, and the day of the month. On the plate Bis a fixed pointer c. This pointer indicates the time of day as the band A moves past it. It is raised from the surface of the plate and an impres- IOO bands.

sion is taken of it when. the stamp is used. In Fig. 6 I have shown asupposed impression of the stamp in which the mode of indicatinging the position of said bands as necessary. p

Shafts d, upon which the gears for moving the bands are mounted, may extend to the outside of the case to facilitate moving the A hand-piece C extends upwardly from the stamp, which may be grasped when it is desired to ink the stamp or take an impression. As the stamp for indicating the year, month, and day of the month does not, broadly considered, constitute part of my invention, I have described it thus briefly.

A case D may be used to inclose the parts and protect them from dust or accident, if desired. Upon the case l) may be arranged a clock-dial D. By extending the hour and minute shafts of the clock B through the case and the dial and attaching thereto hands in the usual manner time will be indicated as in an ordinary clock. I have shown such an arrangement in Fig. 2.

The portionv A of the frame is shown as hinged at its rear end to a support or sliding piece J, adapted to slide in grooves e, formed in a portion A6 of the support for the stamp. At the ends of the grooves e are stops e', consistin g of plugs, by which a too extended movement of the sliding pieceJ is prevented. The portion A6 of the support is, as shown, made integral with a portion A6 thereof, which latter forms a support for an impression-bed G for the stamp. Part of the portion A5 is shown as elevated somewhat above the portion A6. In this part are formed the grooves for the sliding piece J. In the portion A6, below the elevated part thereof-and beneath the sliding piece J, is formed a recess f, into which may be set an inking-pad I.

When it is desired to ink the pad, the handpiece C is grasped and the stamping device moved backwardly until the stamp proper is above the pad I. The stamp may be then swung downwardly against the pad to ink the letters and other characters. It is th en moved out into a position to impress the stamp upon the paper or document..

I have shown upon the under side of the base-piece A a spring g, whereby the letters and other characters of the stamp will be supported above the impression-bed.

G designates an impression-bed which it will be advantageous to use with this stamp. It is made to tilt or rock, so that it will form a bed approximately parallel with the faces of the letters or figures from which the impression is made when the impression is taken.

This arrangement is advantageous, because when an impression is made upon a thick paper or document the stamp will be brought down at more or less of an angle to the surface of the paper, resulting in an imperfect impression of the stamp, unless means is provided for establishing au approximate parallelism between the paper and stamp.

The portion A6 of the support for the stamp is provided with a recess 97, having, as shown, verticalends and a curved bottom and sides.

The impression-bed G is of approximately the same shape and has a at upper side. It is supported in the recess Q7, preferably so as not to contact with the Walls of the recess. It extends-a short distance above the surface of the portion A6. It is supported in the recess and permitted to rock therein upon pins or projections g', extending from the ends of the impression-bed and into arc-shaped slots g2, formed in the portion A6 at the ends of the recess. A spring g3', arranged in a recess g4 in the portion A6, and upon which bears a projection g6 on the impression-bed G, may be used, if desired, to assist in returning the impression-bed G to its normal position after it has thus been rocked.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a time-stamp, the combination, with time mechanism, of an endless traveling band moved substantially continuous by said time mechanism and bearing letters, figures, or characters to indicate the time of day, substantially as specified.

2. In a time-stamp, the combination, with time mechanism, 'of a wheel rotated thereby and making a complete rotation every twelve hours and an endless band bearing letters, gures, or characters to indicate the time of day, moved by said wheel, of such length that it will make one substantially continuous and complete traverse every twenty-four hours, substantially as specified.

3. In a time-stamp, the combination, with a stamp for indicating divisions of time` greater than parts of a day, of time mechanism, an endless traveling band moved substantially continuous by said time mechanism and bearin g letters, figures, or characters to indicate the time of day, and a iixed indicator or pointer adjacent to said traveling band, substantially as specified. v

4. 'In a time-stamp, the combination, with a base-piece upon which the stamp is supported, of a sliding piece hinged to said basepiece, a support for the sliding piece, and an inking-pad below said sliding-piece, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. The combination, with a time mechanism, of an endless band having a twentyfour-hour movement requiring one traverse of said band,.said band being provided with printing-characters indicating the divisions M., A. M., and P. M. and divisions indicating hours and fractions thereof, substantially as specified.

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6. In a time-stamp, the combination of an l said endless band and hand-stamp being endless band having printingcharacters thereon moved by time mechanism and a hand-stamp having printing-characters there- 5 on, the said endless band and hand-stamp having a common yielding support, substantially as specified.

7. In a timestamp, the combination of an endless band moved by time mechanism and 1o having printing-characters thereon, and a hand-stamp having printing-characters, the

mounted on a common support, substantially as specified.

8. In a time-stamp, an endless movable band I 5 having an extended printing portion indicate ing hours of the day and fractions thereof, substantially as specified.

CHAS. H. SHAW.

WVitnesses:

JAMES D. GRIsWoLD, D. H. DRIsooLL. 

